US 12,245,507 B2
Aerosol jet printing and sintering of thermoelectric devices
Yanliang Zhang, South Bend, IN (US); and Mortaza Saeidi-Javash, South Bend, IN (US)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC, South Bend, IN (US)
Appl. No. 17/609,159
Filed by UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC, South Bend, IN (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/036609
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/247915, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/887,845, filed on Aug. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/862,515, filed on Jun. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/858,848, filed on Jun. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0209091 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H10N 10/852 (2023.01); C09D 7/40 (2018.01); C09D 7/61 (2018.01); C09D 11/322 (2014.01); C09D 11/36 (2014.01); C09D 11/38 (2014.01); C09D 11/52 (2014.01); H10N 10/01 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 10/852 (2023.02) [C09D 7/61 (2018.01); C09D 7/66 (2018.01); C09D 11/322 (2013.01); C09D 11/36 (2013.01); C09D 11/38 (2013.01); C09D 11/52 (2013.01); H10N 10/01 (2023.02)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol jet printable ink composition comprising:
a carrier including two different polyols and a lower alcohol having 1-4 carbon atoms;
thermoelectric nanoparticles dispersed in the carrier; and
a surfactant for preventing or minimizing agglomeration of the nanoparticles, wherein the first polyol and second polyol being present at a weight ratio of from 2:1 to 10:1.